Comments on: Hollywood Can Sue For Media Piracy http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/hollywood-can-sue-for-media-piracy/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:20:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/hollywood-can-sue-for-media-piracy/#comment-51435 James Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:27:18 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-51435 But Microsoft doesn't let their users do that. You cannot create a means for illegal activity and then expect their users to use it legally.<br /> <br /> I mean common, no locks or preventative measures? Thats just stupid. Thats like Cable TV letting any content be broadcast without regulating it or preventing people from showing X-rated or unappropriate material to your homes TV.<br /> <br /> Its common sense. Sure this ruling has impacted all of us, and its sad. I am not happy about it either, but its like the courts had no help by these software companies. If Grokster had said "we have developed a way to help eliminate illegal content by filtering out keywords etc" then I am sure they would have won. But they didn't and now they are being punished - they are idiots. But Microsoft doesn't let their users do that. You cannot create a means for illegal activity and then expect their users to use it legally.

I mean common, no locks or preventative measures? Thats just stupid. Thats like Cable TV letting any content be broadcast without regulating it or preventing people from showing X-rated or unappropriate material to your homes TV.

Its common sense. Sure this ruling has impacted all of us, and its sad. I am not happy about it either, but its like the courts had no help by these software companies. If Grokster had said “we have developed a way to help eliminate illegal content by filtering out keywords etc” then I am sure they would have won. But they didn't and now they are being punished – they are idiots.

]]> By: fungku http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/hollywood-can-sue-for-media-piracy/#comment-51434 fungku Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:23:16 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-51434 I dont think p2p companies should be at blame for what users do. Thats like saying Microsoft can be sued because a user can use their software do do illegal things (hacking/cracking/ripping/etc.) I dont think p2p companies should be at blame for what users do. Thats like saying Microsoft can be sued because a user can use their software do do illegal things (hacking/cracking/ripping/etc.)

]]> By: James http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/hollywood-can-sue-for-media-piracy/#comment-51433 James Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:20:35 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-51433 Who wants to use BitTorrent to download freeware? Very lame. This means the P2P market has probably been cut by 75%. No one will want to develop technology for this if there is no money to be made.<br /> <br /> Is downloading copyrighted content illegal? Yes. Should we be surprised by this ruling? No. P2P software developers have handled this the wrong way.<br /> <br /> Creating the means for illegal action SHOULD be punishable if they did not try to put some sort of safety mechanism in their software - for that they are being punished. The P2P industry has been very stupid about this, and its a shame because we all get punished as a result. Who wants to use BitTorrent to download freeware? Very lame. This means the P2P market has probably been cut by 75%. No one will want to develop technology for this if there is no money to be made.

Is downloading copyrighted content illegal? Yes. Should we be surprised by this ruling? No. P2P software developers have handled this the wrong way.

Creating the means for illegal action SHOULD be punishable if they did not try to put some sort of safety mechanism in their software – for that they are being punished. The P2P industry has been very stupid about this, and its a shame because we all get punished as a result.

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